The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-07

TIE anrusi reports of The ,licers cf
the 4 ou South. II lcnsr-onviIlc. have
hes n submitted 60 the Governor. cover
ing tne fi-csi year ending Ocf. 81. 1885.
iLF c'ericsi wosk heing done bs Capt. NJ
l Huette. clerk of the prison and "a Of
nr~r with few snperiors In point Of
qualification and isith hfuinF@s.
N+--,s. II v. Norveii. john Horn snd
Il J. Wilson constitute the Board of
Direriof-, aud fhr, call attention 20 the
tact shai The income Of the institution y
net snfiirisni 10 meet the exp. nsts. Var
ious improvements were made dutIrg
the Year. chief among which Wa~ the
abandonment Of The trir-hsmmer shop
sAjpinng the hospital. which had long
bees. ~ e,---ore. - well A. = continual!
source Of annossnce 10 sick conviris
q rot fond asd clothing were provided
arsi excellent discipline aimed The
directors secoa,fssnd that The repairs OF
thr rh.pei he fni-hrd; that certain
ground west Of The prison . pu'cha-ed
los storage use; that a Lrirk or stone
wall he built on The west sifs. snd.thai
the hopstessiv insane convicts ne re-
moved 10 the asylum for incurab:e N.
sane when the new institutions are COLI
pieted. Considerable space IL devoted
IN The directors report 10 review otihe
years contracts aud tiualciai TRANSACTIONS
Of the Board. Mention IL ps-de OF thf
huisiinx claim % Perrin 4 G-f, TOR So.
916 50. now pending against the S'sie.
Inc subUfs.inafe officers are all cnmpis-
menied. with especial reference 10 'he
labol- Of the chspiain. who. in lieu a.
Srniay--chooi. devoted an hour each
Sabb.ih 10 instruction in common schcoi
branches.
Warden IIcwara's report il full oi
statistical ntormatien. The average
number of conviris 81 the prison during
TIE YEAR was 57S there being $50 on
November l. 1885. aud SIS on Orichsr
81. ln55. Since The prison was tstAb-
.ished IN is22. 3 total os 5,2i6 convict.
have been dI-cf,~s gei. o. whom l,s5-
we're paidoned TIE number dying 90
r,ry thar period wss 439 Tie .:es'h
rite Vas per cent. white dusirg ihs
year iust ended II wss only ! 4. shruinR
an Improvement in The sanstsr, ccrd'-
tion ~ the prison sui d,.'eent af'ea'ior
IL the heaifh at lhos. confined. TIC PEI
eraf sn[ rardois since lr-2 Is -. scl
s@,ois = 3s on il.a present cos4sini.
81 <Df VT" pttN ~ fttttrfF ~ ~
csi.s .re married; 80 per cent. were n
tct.iAeIsts' uhe.s i.ssy conmit'td ihf''
cr,irrs; "A nsrr convicted ~ nsn'de'
ont-insft tr receiving rr s-nnens iol
crimes sgain-t ncrsors ., arr - arr ssrv
i.stlfr ~.nsrs.-s. Thr per eAe,ss ~
s.Mse~ hs- -lrsAii, decreased ;.osn 10
a. i. n . % 4 IS 10 ~ 1890. Tie nnr'
,r, N. y emplUsru dOsnG coiv.ct "
J.,r l. is5 ansi the ssrdrn ri-ru-ars :
l-nxtn .li.- tsAivyr or be operation OF th'
pfi-uu. -i.o ~isls iLsf il uliErA.ly affect
rnd causes complaint from sree j. shcf "a
the Duf-i.sc. he inink- tAr cvugsrxs.'
>v~s-ms of prisons does not punish N :
IA iiicirnt degree ot .eswi-e snsre ~"hif
br more rs.0rnasinns aud be siiul'- "a
q cosuicH..alury manner ~ iisa cril.lh'
or -esnr>:e sy-iein. believing i'.i aeiie'
re~nl.- sre reached ~ the syiisasy con
lintneut NJ; cvnyicss
ine pri~on piis si,ian. Dr. 4 a. Q .
han, reports twe.ge deaths duriTx ~
year TIE ulsjnsly Of ine -onvlct- xsri
taken 70 the prison afflicted IN fom'
manner, many with constitutional die
= .--s. hu; ia most cases cures we're ef
fcled Tnrer inmates are iucuraO.y in
sane.
The mora, instructor or chaplain. Mr.
N,iilsn n. Bssnhili. says that i'i'tersc'
j. common ~ the prison, and good Ie
suits have attended his efforts toward
in<tsuctirg tonvic's on sunday IN III
common school branches.
III driail the iinsncisi transactions o
tisc prison are set iorih TIE receipt
(incindsng appropriation were s1s.oS'.
~. aud sl,-ex ysnsi,snrr- $6s 2 u -, lesv
.ng deficit 81 - o65 33